Page 12 | Middle name for Stormi?

astyr · 2022-12-02T07:08:27+00:00

Having a hard time choosing. I like Autumn and DH likes Rose. But not keen on either as it sounds like a description rather than a name. Open to any and all suggestions

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Luredbyapomegranate · 02/12/2022 09:24

Zuma76 · 02/12/2022 09:12

There is a huge amount of snobbery in this post. I wouldn’t call my child Stormi but I also wouldn’t call one Lancelot or Petunia. Please don’t call out names you associated with families who are ‘thick’. It’s just nasty and unnecessary. Surely it would be better to be smug in your own choices and keep quiet if you don’t like others. This is an adult posting not a child and she wasn’t asking for advice on the Stormi part.
I think of the suggestions so far Stormy Rae, Stormy Mae, Stormy Grace are good options. Also maybe Beth, or Bette, Maeve, Pearl, Wren, Fleur, Hope

People haven’t been terribly polite it is true, but they are right that the name will carry those associations with it.

I wouldn’t call my child Bodhi or Tarquin because they also carry associations. I think if you posted on here about either of those you would be told that - although with less vitriol I agree.

It’s a name forum so it’s reasonable people will comment on the whole name. It’s better to know if a name you are choosing has strong associations before you go for it.

thisplaceisweird · 02/12/2022 09:26

Lourdes is Madonna's Daughter
not in Spain...

DogInATent · 02/12/2022 09:26

Autumn Rose would work better than Stormi Something.

Interviewnamechange · 02/12/2022 09:27

Op, you can call your baby what ever you like. You’re always going to get a brutally honest opinion on mumsnet because it’s anonymous.

The name ‘stormi’ doesn’t sound like a horrible name but it is deffinetly one of those names that has a label attached- for lack of a better word, chavvy.

Autumn is lovely and classy.

Nevermind91 · 02/12/2022 09:27

Maeve?
Erin?
Or, in relation to how the thread's going, Nateacup?

KirstenBlest · 02/12/2022 09:30

@canyoutoleratethis , what's wrong with the name Dolly? It was short for Dorothy in the past, and there was a Dolly on Emmerdale Farm back in the day. I don't think it's ridiculous at all.

You obviously have thoughts about it, only you worded your post to try and make yourself look non-judgemental.

canyoutoleratethis · 02/12/2022 09:30

B1993 · 02/12/2022 09:22

I’m sorry but have to agree with the ladies advising you to rethink the name choice altogether, OP. As a teacher, I can absolutely assure you this name is one all of the school staff will roll their eyes at and have a bit of a ‘what the hell were they thinking?’ conversation with in the staff room about. Not forgetting all of the very creative ways children can be unkind about names…

Try to remember that this child is going to grow up and will hopefully be sending out job applications for professional settings. Unfortunately, there are stereotypes when you name child something like ‘Stormi’ and I think that’s going to be a life sentence for them.

You seriously sit around the staff room slagging off children?? You do realise what a terrible person (and professional) that makes you. Grow up and act like a proper, decent adult. You're paid to do a job - teach children, teach them well and teach them like equals. End of discussion

JinglingXmasbells · 02/12/2022 09:31

People will make assumptions about you.

I have a pet hate for names that are changed by adding/changing a letter as it makes me think the parents can' t spell, or that they want their child to be so 'different' that they make up a word (which doesn't exist.)

For example, I've seen 'Mai' for 'May'.

It causes endless issues in life always having to spell your name.
And teachers and employers will raise their eyebrows.

I once knew a child called Andromeda. God knows what her parents were thinking.

Whatnextarghhhhhh · 02/12/2022 09:32

OP I might have taken you seriously if you hadn’t suggested Stormi Autumn.

Brightened up my Friday morning though!

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 02/12/2022 09:32

Lightowl · 02/12/2022 07:18

Nateacup

😂

Butchyrestingface · 02/12/2022 09:32

ladydimitrescu · 02/12/2022 07:58

Did you honestly not know Kylie Jenner named her baby this? I honestly don't believe you came up with Stormi with the exact spelling without seeing it plastered all over the internet for the last however many years.
I don't think it's even the name - it's the fact it's going to look like you just named her after a Kardashian.

Course she knew.

I like the idea of Rose or Rae as a middle name. Give the poor wean at least ONE sensible forename so they can drop Stormi as soon as they can talk.

maeveiscurious · 02/12/2022 09:33

JinglingXmasbells · 02/12/2022 09:34

@canyoutoleratethis You clearly can't the idea of teachers commenting on names.

I can assure you too that children's names are discussed by teachers, all of the time, especially if you are saying/ reading them a 100 times a week.

As well as wondering why someone would saddle their child with a 'non word'.

PlainJaneSuperBrain99 · 02/12/2022 09:34

Don't really care what you call your baby, but I have to thank all the posters who have responded and made me actually laugh out loud. Favourites were:

Ferry-crossing
Wevva
McStormface

Can't remember the last time I laughed. Really needed this today, thanks MN.

Butchyrestingface · 02/12/2022 09:34

You seriously sit around the staff room slagging off children?? You do realise what a terrible person (and professional) that makes you. Grow up and act like a proper, decent adult. You're paid to do a job - teach children, teach them well and teach them like equals. End of discussion

They'd be mildly criticising the parents, not the child. Who said anything about not teaching the kids well, or like equals?

Hysterical nonsense.

dancingqueen123 · 02/12/2022 09:34

Gail?

spare123 · 02/12/2022 09:35

weather?
clouds?
rain storm?

poor poor child.

WouldUShouldI · 02/12/2022 09:36

This thread is so sad. Fair enough if you don't like the name but this is a pregnant lady here and some of these comments are just fucking cruel and disgraceful. State you don't like the name or scroll even better just scroll on by there's just absolutely no need for such nastiness!!

jamoncrumpets · 02/12/2022 09:36

Every teacher your child encounters will giggle when they see her name on the register and think 'Well, someone likes the Kardashians a lot'

But yeah, go ahead giving your kid a chav name.

Good luck with the Oxbridge application.

k1233 · 02/12/2022 09:36

Stormi Rayne

orbitalcrisis · 02/12/2022 09:37

Pussi?

saffy7 · 02/12/2022 09:37

OP, of course to your face they will say it's lovely as they don't want to upset you. But I can't assure you that when you left they either laughed or said how much they hate the name.

Honestly, have Stormi as a middle name or nickname. The poor kid will be constantly having to defend their name otherwise.

caitlinrose · 02/12/2022 09:37

JinglingXmasbells · 02/12/2022 09:31

People will make assumptions about you.

I have a pet hate for names that are changed by adding/changing a letter as it makes me think the parents can' t spell, or that they want their child to be so 'different' that they make up a word (which doesn't exist.)

For example, I've seen 'Mai' for 'May'.

It causes endless issues in life always having to spell your name.
And teachers and employers will raise their eyebrows.

I once knew a child called Andromeda. God knows what her parents were thinking.

Mai is a legit name in many cultures. How would anyone know these children don't have ancestry or their parent lived in a different country for a while?

Some of the comments here are genuinely so offensive and judgmental.

People judging others for their names should be ashamed, genuinely.

thisismylittlebrotherGeorge · 02/12/2022 09:38

The thing is, even if you claim to have never heard of The Kardashian kid called Stormi, everyone else knows them and will think you've named after her. Even your child as she grows up.

Its not a name OP. Its a weather description and if you like changing y's to i's how about
Windi
Sunni
Raini
Cloudi
Snowi

Lookingbackatme · 02/12/2022 09:38

If you are adamant you are having this name would you consider Storm instead of Stormi? I think it’s vaguely better than Stormi, which will set the child up for a lifetime of constantly having to correct the spelling of her name, not to mention ridicule.

Or use Stormi as a middle name.